User Profile: Megan Smith

About Megan Smith

Hi! My name is Megan and I'm currently living in Manchester, UK where I completed my undergraduate degree in Spanish and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. I'm currently in the final stretch of my MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies degree at The University of Manchester, UK, about to embark on my dissertation. I love learning about new languages and cultures!

If all goes well for the Republicans, there will be the possibility that what until now has been unthinkable may be a possibility. Trump may serve another four years after winning the White House again in 2020. [Read more]

The various ceremonies in honor of the late senator and war veteran, John McCain, have praised the principles upon which the oldest and most solid democracy in the world was founded, as well as emphasized the political loneliness of President Donald Trump.
The president of the United States was absent from the [Read more]

<i>Economic measures launched by the United States break the consensus with European allies and threaten to destabilize the Middle East</i>
To fulfill his threat to re-impose trade sanctions on Iran, Donald Trump has returned Washington to the path of unilateral international policy that leads to isolationism. Three [Read more]

The president of the United States is profiting from his strategy of propaganda and agitation. According to a survey by The Wall Street Journal and NBC, his approval rating is now at 45 percent, 1 percent more than it was in June. It’s a very high figure for this point in his term. And it contrasts with the erosion [Read more]

If the U.S. experience is of any use to us, it’s to demonstrate that denying the negative impact of ride-hailing companies means falling into the trap of technological optimism, but banning them without taking advantage of the opportunities they offer would be to limit ourselves to what we already have, for fear of having a better future. [Read more]

In the 80s, Dutch artists Wim T. Schippers and Theo Van den Boogard created the most deliberately irritating cartoon character in the history of ever – “León el Terrible.” León was a predecessor of Larry David, and his main mission in the world was to constantly irritate everybody with his utter nonsense. His [Read more]

In Spain, we would probably be gobsmacked if the bank asked such a question when applying for a loan. In the United States, not only is it normal, it is recommended. The goal is to prevent discrimination. If somebody is able to prove that they have not been sold a house or given credit due to the color of their skin, [Read more]

[T]he emergence of a world without institutional space for group dialogue and with governments that act only on the basis of their selfish interests or their leaders’ impulses is not good news. [Read more]

Even in an overwhelmingly conservative state, which has elected Republican senators for the last 25 years, the electorate seems unwilling to endorse the erratic, authoritarian and unprofessional way of governing provided by the current occupant of the White House. [Read more]

<i>Trump retweeted three videos containing anti-Muslim content, sparking criticism from the British prime minister who was later blasted by the U.S. president.</i>
On Wednesday this week, U.S. President Donald Trump retweeted videos containing anti-Muslim content that had been posted on Twitter by a British [Read more]

<i>No scientist would dare link this dry, endless summer to climate change, but we are sweltering in the heat of figures which provide overwhelming evidence.</i>
Amid the sheer outpouring of grief stemming from the ongoing Catalan debacle, I have witnessed several references to climate change, one of the biggest [Read more]

<i>The wave of pseudo-feminism that is thrashing through Hollywood action movies this week unveils “Atomic Blonde” with Charlize Theron</i>
Because he is at the top of my list of horrendous filmmakers, I never thought that I would praise Michael Bay’s uniformity and artlessness. However, I am left with no [Read more]

<i>The advantage of the internet, decentralization, is also a weakness against viruses</i>
USA, 1962. Citizens live in fear of a supposedly imminent atomic war, while the government wonders how to rebuild society the day after a possible nuclear holocaust. Standard integration systems such as the telephone and the [Read more]

<i>While the change in the way films are being watched is unstoppable, a supportive policy is merited whereby streaming platforms are also seen as allies.</i>
War has broken out between the Cannes Film Festival, a French cultural industry icon, and Netflix, the American online movie platform that has 100 million [Read more]

<i> Prosecutor Marcia Clark faced misogyny during O.J. Simpson trial.</i>
I remember the impact that the trial of American football player O.J. Simpson had on us when we watched the CNN reports in 1995. Some 134 days passed with the U.S. media showing little else but the trial, making the whole thing look like a [Read more]

Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh reveal a worrying truth about the misuse of technology:
"The more time spent on social networks and different platforms, the more likely it is to lead to social isolation.”
Mental health problems and social isolation are at a record high among young people, warns [Read more]

The American attack against a Syrian air base in the early hours of yesterday morning risks unpredictable consequences, in a conflict where a peaceful solution is even further from reach. The military action is in response to the use of chemical weapons through an air strike upon a rebel-held area, almost certainly [Read more]